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Tech talent in Asia Pacific see more challenges

Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched a five-year US$50 million budget to develop 500,000 information and communication technology (ICT) talents in the Asia Pacific region.

3 years ago
World premium

With G20 presidency in hand, Jokowi turns focus to COP26

The President flew to Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday evening after symbolically receiving the G20 presidency from Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Indonesia begins its year-long leadership role in December. ...

3 years ago
World premium

Jokowi pushes G20 leaders to reduce vaccine inequality

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has encouraged global cooperation to address ongoing and future health crises and end global vaccine inequality at the Group of 20 summit, as Indonesia receives the year-long rotating presidency of the club, whose members consist of the world’s largest economies. ...

3 years ago

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Global

China skyscraper wobbles, spreading panic in downtown Shenzhen

Emergency management officials are investigating what caused the near 300-metre high SEG Plaza in Shenzhen's Futian district to wobble, according to a post on the Twitter-like Weibo.

4 years ago
Global

Biden releases tax return, restoring tradition Trump broke

Presidents have traditionally made public their annual tax returns, which detail sources of income and taxes paid, in the name of transparency.

4 years ago
Global

US state requires death row inmates to choose electric chair or firing squad

"This weekend, I signed legislation into law that will allow the state to carry out a death sentence. The families and loved ones of victims are owed closure and justice by law. Now, we can provide it," Governor Henry McMaster said on Twitter. 

4 years ago
Global

Biden tells Netanyahu he supports a ceasefire in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

"The President expressed his support for a ceasefire and discussed US engagement with Egypt and other partners towards that end," the White House said in a statement, quoted by Reuters.

4 years ago
Global

Fake Elon Musk giveaway featured in cryptocurrency scams: US FTC

In one type of scam, people are told that if they give a certain amount of crytocurrency to a "celebrity" they will get more back.

4 years ago
Global

Monster cyclone batters Covid-stricken India's west coast

Cyclone Tauktae battered swathes of the vast nation, sending huge waves crashing onto its shores, turning streets into rivers and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee.

4 years ago
Global

Switzerland is most likely venue for Putin-Biden summit

Biden, who in March said he thought Putin was a "killer", prompting Moscow to recall its ambassador to Washington for consultations, has said he would like to hold talks with Putin during a planned trip to Europe next month.

4 years ago
Global

Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble postponed, again

"The two governments will continue to closely monitor the epidemic situation in both places, including the effectiveness of the enhanced anti-epidemic measures introduced by the Singapore government," a Hong Kong government spokesman said in a statement.

4 years ago
Global

US military chief warns Israel-Palestinian conflict destabilising 'beyond Gaza'

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, speaking to journalists while flying to Brussels for a NATO meeting, urged both sides in the conflict to de-escalate, echoing comments from President Joe Biden, who has said he backs a ceasefire.

4 years ago
Global

US to share 20 million more coronavirus vaccine doses with world

The administration of President Joe Biden announced in late April that it will share its stock of 60 million doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine, which is yet to be authorized in the United States. But Biden said his country has now decided to share vaccines that have been authorized for use domestically as well.

4 years ago
Global

Under pressure, Biden works for ceasefire in Israel-Palestine violence

Biden is facing growing pressure from lawmakers in his own Democratic Party to play a more vocal role, but U.S. officials say he and his team have opted for a quieter effort, talking with Israeli officials and U.S. allies in the Arab world.

4 years ago
Global

Blinken urges Israel and Palestinians to 'protect civilians' and children

"We'll continue to conduct intensive diplomacy to bring this current cycle of violence to an end" and "we are ready to lend support, if the parties seek a ceasefire", Blinken told a press conference in Copenhagen.

4 years ago
Global

Dubai allows sports and music events, with vaccine

The emirate opened its doors to tourism in July last year, but has maintained strict policies on social distancing and wearing masks, alongside an energetic vaccination campaign.

4 years ago
Global

'Through the looking glass': How conspiracy theories wreck lives

Some call conspiracy theories the evil of the century. Others say they are a reflection of a world starved of meaning. Either way, they are spreading fast on the internet, with very real consequences offline.

4 years ago
Global

Miss Mexico crowned Miss Universe 2021

Sunday night marked the Miss Universe competition's return to television, after the pageant was cancelled in 2020 for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic.

4 years ago
Global

Israel strikes kill 42 in Gaza as UN head urges halt to conflict

Israeli warplanes continued to pummel the Palestinian enclave overnight Sunday to Monday, carrying out dozens of air strikes across the densely populated territory in just a few minutes and causing power cuts, AFP journalists said.

4 years ago
Global

Indonesia calls for international support to resolve Israel-Palestine crisis

Indonesia has reiterated its call for international leaders' support to end violence during and ahead of international forums that seek to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

4 years ago
Global

33 killed in Gaza in worst daily toll since clashes started: authorities

The health ministry in the blockaded coastal enclave said a total of 181 Palestinians, including 52 children, have perished in the strikes since Israel began pounding the Gaza Strip Monday after Palestinian Islamists fired rockets towards the Jewish state.

4 years ago
Global

Iran Guards reaffirm support for Palestinians facing Israel 'crimes'

The calls comes during the heaviest fighting since 2014 between Israel and Islamist group Hamas, which has claimed 181 lives in the crowded coastal enclave of Gaza and killed 10 people in Israel since Monday.

4 years ago
Global

Indonesian fishing crew rescued off Australia's west coast

The boat had started sinking in the Indian Ocean on Thursday with 20 crew members on board, Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton said in a statement.

4 years ago
Global

Al Jazeera says will not be silenced, after Gaza office destroyed

''It is clear that those who are waging this war do not only want to spread destruction and death in Gaza, but also to silence media that are witnessing, documenting and reporting the truth of what is happening in Gaza,'' said Walid al-Omari, Al Jazeera's Jerusalem bureau chief.

4 years ago
Global

Israel bombs Hamas Gaza chief's home as fighting enters seventh day

At least 153 people have been killed in Gaza since Monday, including 42 children, health officials said. Israel has reported 10 dead, including two children.

4 years ago
Global

Fighting resumes in southern Afghanistan as ceasefire ends: officials

The two sides clashed on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand, which had seen intense fighting since May 1 after the US military began its final withdrawal from Afghanistan, an Afghan military spokesman and a local official said.

4 years ago
Global

What is the endgame for Hamas and Israel in new showdown?

As the escalating violence ignites riots in mixed Jewish-Arab towns in Israel and spurs wide unrest in the West Bank, what do both sides want to achieve in the worst flare-up of violence since 2014?

4 years ago
Global

Biden expresses 'grave concern' to Netanyahu, tells Abbas rocket fire must 'cease'

Speaking on the sixth day of a paroxysm of Israeli-Palestinian violence that has left scores dead or wounded, Biden expressed his "strong support" for Israel's right to defend itself against rocket attacks by "Hamas and other terrorist groups," in his call with Netanyahu, while also emphasizing his clear concern over the deadly flare-up and casualties on both sides.

4 years ago
Global

Ten family members killed in Israeli strike on Gaza: medics

The eight children and two women were killed when a three-storey building in Shati refugee camp collapsed following an Israeli strike, medical sources said.

4 years ago
Global

Israeli man killed by rocket from Gaza: medics, police

"Update to rocket strike on Ramat Gan, 1 man killed," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Twitter.

4 years ago
Global

Taiwan raises alert level after coronavirus cases surge

Authorities raised the alert level for Taipei and New Taipei City after 180 new domestic coronavirus infections were confirmed, up from 29 cases the previous day.

4 years ago
Global

Desperate Gazans flee Israeli bombardment in cars and on carts

Under heavy shelling on Thursday night, Rewaa Marouf grabbed her children and fled the town of Beit Lahiya, close to Gaza's northern border with Israel.

4 years ago
Global

China becomes third nation to safely touch on surface of Mars

If China also successfully investigates the surface of the red planet, it would become the second nation to do so after the United States.

4 years ago
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